Re: Mentoring

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Jack,

When I first spoke with BCIA about getting courses approved, about 6-7 years ago, the person there was very positive about it, mentioning that they had had many requests for my workshops to be approved, etc. They were quite clear that I could never, of course, be approved to teach for certification, because I wasn't a clinician, but they thought they could get me approved for continuing education credits.

About 2 years later we submitted the stuff to get their approval--it's fairly costly and would add to the cost of each workshop, but I had folks asking for it as well. It took them 3 months and 3 requests for my clinical license, clinical degrees, etc., which they already knew I did not have, to decide that I wasn't qualified to teach about the training planning process, because I wasn't a clinician. They suggested that I do a course about psychopharmacology (!) instead.

I greatly respect the good trainers with whom I've worked who are clinicians, but I disagree openly that no-one should be doing NF except clinicians. I sell equipment to the wrong people, allow the wrong people to come to my workshops, etc. So whether or not I need to be BCIA certified to be a mentor, I wouldn't hold my breath that I would be approved, and I'm really not interested in sending in another application fee to get rejected.

I have more than enough people who work with me when and as long as they feel it is beneficial--not necessarily to get somebody's certification but because they have questions about a client's training. I enjoy those contacts and feel I am giving value in return for what I charge.

I hope the process and the benefits you seek for it are all you expect, and I wish you the best as you pursue the last 23 hours. There are some excellent trainers who know and use the TLC process who are BCIA certified and who are on this list. Perhaps one or more of them will contact you back-channel, so you can get what you're looking for.

Thanks for thinking of me.

pete

Pete,Have you ever considered applying to be a BCIA approved mentor? Youdon't necessarily need to be BCIA certified yourself. I realize there are differing opinions regarding who should be able to

provide NF training, and jumping through hoops doesn't ensure someoneis adequately trained. For me and my situation I think certificationwill be helpful, plus I've already invested $2,200 towards the BCIA

certification. I didn't know about the other certification board atthe beginning of my journey, so at this point I plan on paying for theadditional 23 hours of supervision and taking the test. I want to divide the hours between supervisors using different

approaches. I'm currently working with someone from the QEEG camp andanother from the Othmer camp. My knowledge regarding approaches islimited, but yours seems to be the most logical and I would like to

use the majority of my supervision hours learning this approach. Jack

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